What's on at Max Gate

Mrs Hardy invites you to tea in the garden at Max Gate, with some special guests advocating Votes for Women and a short performance by the Hardy Players. Suggested donation to the New Hardy Players for the tea of adult £3, child £2

Thomas Hardy controversially subtitled Tess of the d'Urbervilles A Pure Woman and later wrote that he 'lost his heart to Tess as he wrote about her'. Delve into one of Hardy's most famous novels and find out about the stories that lie behind it.